In another thread: "the kilt in Scotland" the differences in attitude between the old country and others is highlighted. I too when I was young in Scotland used to look at the kilt as formal attire. Always worn with special traditional jacket, shoes and accessories. Now I am on a new road! The kilt as a daily garment, a replacement to trousers and shorts means (at least to my mind,-improvisation). My policy is that anything can be made to go with the kilt if it is in good taste and follows some commonsense rules. (or do it any way you like, I don't care!) I have found myself looking at all kinds of clothing and seeking to adapt it to the kilt. (just yesterday, I found a knitted top in the consignment store. It is so weird-looking that the store owner wanted to give it to me for free.) But here's the point of my message: Bear and Rocky and their ilk are doing a great job of making and promoting good quality kilts but maybe we need not another kilt-maker but a maker and inventor of kilt-related clothing! Totally original clothing can be dreamed up and marketed to this new market! I have the theory that the reason that the kilt wound up the way it has in Scotland is because all of those posh kilt clothes, (the Prince Charles jackets etc) were invented by the nose-in-the-air aristocrats to separate the kilt from the common man. These clothes still have their place but this is a new day! The kilt after all belongs to the common man and so- let's take it back! Talented people like our new member Barbara Tewksbury are just the "movers we need to do this. How about it? - Cheers - Alan